I’ve always been a “lurker” on all platforms and communities because when I do have a question or would like to contribute my first thought has become:
Actually, let me google it first
In which case I’ll usually have some answer. Usually it isn’t a complete answer but enough for me to not want to share my question anymore.
Now we don’t have to discuss facts because we can look them up but rather discuss whether things are good or bad or certain aspects of them. We don’t have to discuss “is there climate change?” But we can discuss what to do